Chapter 146

Brandon’s gaze brought Sophia to a screeching halt, leaving her feeling awkward as all get out.

She had bolted over to the hall the second she hopped out of the cab.

The second she stepped into the hall, she was greeted with a massive, fire-engine red banner screaming “A Warm Celebration of Star Dempsey Architects’ Grand Opening!” and the buzz of a party in full swing in the reception area.

In that moment, a wave of cold feet washed over her as she got closer to home turf.

The timing of her card drop was kinda iffy.

While she was on the fence about whether to crash the party or not, Brandon caught sight of her, and those piercing peepers of his threw her for a loop.

Brandon’s deep, cold gaze was like a riddle wrapped in an enigma-she couldn’t make heads or tails of it.

The courage she had mustered up was slowly but surely deflating under his intense stare.

Suddenly, she was second-guessing whether she had shown up at an inopportune time.

Don also spotted her and flashed a grin that had a hint of surprise when he did.

Sophia couldn’t help but return the smile before her eyes drifted back to Brandon.

Brandon was still in the same pose, the same intense, cold stare, just standing there, motionless across the crowd, giving her the eye.

People at the venue started to pick up on Brandon’s unusual stare, craning their necks to sneak a peek at Sophia.

head turns sparked even

to look

exactly comfy with all eyes on

grinned at the onlookers before spinning on her heel to leave, figuring she’d better wait outside in the lobby and

off

went bananas.

sudden turn of events, their heads swiveling towards Brandon on reflex.

he nearly reached Sophia, he suddenly reached out, grabbed her

looked at Brandon, her face a blank

Brandon demanded, his voice as cold and deep as his unwavering

her hand instinctively pointing towards the public area’s couch. “I was just

public area, his piercing gaze not softening one bit as he kept his eyes locked on

loss under his

snaking around her neck, pulling her into

Sophia fell silent.

room erupted with

view of the door were gobsmacked, their

confused, craning their necks, trying to

right at the front, totally oblivious to the drama unfolding outside. She only saw Brandon ditch the mic and dart off the stage,

a colleague towards her and quickly moving towards the doorway to snoop around.

into a kiss, slamming the

the chatter back to the opening ceremony. “Now, let’s give a big hand to our designers, a young and vibrant team

their neighbors, trying to get the skinny on what had just

the room’s gossip mill working

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